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Documents folder hidden in public folders, but cannot unhide
Hello, I have what appears to be an odd issue, and I can't find reference to it on the web anywhere.
Under the Public folder on my Vista machine, I can see the folders Public Downloads, Public Music etc. BUT Public Documents is missing.
If I use the cmd shell, I get the same effect:
Directory of C:\Users\Public
11/05/2008 16:54 <DIR> .
11/05/2008 16:54 <DIR> ..
13/04/2008 08:37 <DIR> Downloads
11/05/2008 16:54 3,403,458 Library.xml
11/05/2008 17:13 <DIR> Music
15/02/2008 18:16 <DIR> Perl
12/02/2008 19:15 <DIR> Pictures
26/04/2008 08:25 <DIR> Recorded TV
05/04/2008 11:11 <DIR> Videos
HOWEVER the documents folder does exist. I can CD into it and see my files.
From within explorer, I can enter C:\Users\Public\Documents explicitly and get to the folder, but is does not show up under
C:\users\Public.
Looking at the folder permissions, documents is marked as "hidden".
If I use explorer to show hidden folders, it shows up just fine.
Why is is hidden?
How can I unhide it?
Unchecking "hide" in the folder propertied of the documents folder does not work - it is greyed out.
This used to all work just fine, but then the folder suddenly took on this hidden nature.
This is a clean vista install, not an upgrade.
Any help most appreciated.
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